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John 17:12–15

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John 17:12

12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:13

13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 17:14

14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:15

15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

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DEFINED WORDS

John 17:12

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

name

A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

lost

Mislaid or left ina place unknown or forgotten; that cannot be found. Ruined; destroyed; wasted or squandered; employed to no good purpose.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

John 17:13

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

speak

To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

DEFINED WORDS

John 17:14

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

word

A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

DEFINED WORDS

John 17:15

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

take

To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

out

Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

but

But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

keep

To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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From verse 12

  1. Psalms 109:6–19
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  2. John 10:27–28
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  3. John 18:9
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  4. John 13:18
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  5. Acts 1:16–20
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From verse 13

  1. Hebrews 12:2
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  2. Galatians 5:22
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  3. John 15:11
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  4. John 3:29
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  5. John 16:22–24
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From verse 14

  1. John 17:16
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  2. John 15:18–21
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  3. 1 John 5:19–20
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  4. John 8:23
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  5. 1 John 4:5–6
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From verse 15

  1. Psalms 121:7
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  2. 1 John 5:18
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  3. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
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  4. Matthew 6:13
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  5. 1 Chronicles 4:10
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